Definition of Hyla crucifer

1. Noun. A small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring.

Exact synonyms: Spring Peeper
Generic synonyms: Tree Frog, Tree Toad, Tree-frog
Group relationships: Genus Hyla, Hyla

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyla Crucifer

Hygrophorus borealis
Hygrophorus caeruleus
Hygrophorus inocybiformis
Hygrophorus kauffmanii
Hygrophorus marzuolus
Hygrophorus purpurascens
Hygrophorus russula
Hygrophorus sordidus
Hygrophorus tennesseensis
Hygrophorus turundus
Hygroton
Hygrotrama
Hygrotrama foetens
Hyl
Hyla arenicolor
Hyla crucifer (current term)
Hyla regilla
Hylactophryne
Hylactophryne augusti
Hylidae
Hyllus
Hylobates lar
Hylobates syndactylus
Hylocereus
Hylocichla
Hylocichla fuscescens
Hylocichla guttata
Hylocichla mustelina
Hylophylax
Hylophylax naevioides

Literary usage of Hyla crucifer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"... Ethel Hinckley Common milkweed. Nature Study 15:238-41 S '19 Moon story. Nature Study 14:359-64 D 'IS Spring peeper (hyla crucifer). ..."

2. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"PICKERING'S TREE-TOAD Hyla crucifer Wied Although its range extends over all the eastern United States, there are comparatively few people who know ..."

3. Legislative Document by New York (State). Legislature (1919)
"... sirtalis sirtalis (Linn) Green frog, Rana clamitans Lat Pickerel frog, Rana palustris Le Conte Peeper, Hyla crucifer Wied ..."

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